Title :
The State of Software Maintenance
Author :
Schneidewind, Norman F.
Author_Institution :
Naval Postgraduate School
fDate :
3/1/1987 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
A state of software maintenance survey is presented, indicating the incongruity of the simultaneous existence of importance and neglect in this field. An overview is given of selected developments and activities covering the following topics: • The "Maintenance Problem." • Models. • Methods for improving maintenance. • Metrics. • Maintenance information management. • Standards. • Maintenance of existing code. • Surveys.
Keywords :
Metrics; models; software maintenance; Code standards; Computer science; Data processing; Error correction; History; Information management; Software maintenance; Software performance; Software systems; Standards development; Metrics; models; software maintenance;
Journal_Title :
Software Engineering, IEEE Transactions on
DOI :
10.1109/TSE.1987.233161
